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Re: [LUG] This might be old but...

 

Neil Stone wrote:
> http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/08/10/15/2222209.shtml
> 
> "The Communications Data Bill (2008) will lead to the creation of a
> single, centralized database containing records of all e-mails sent,
> websites visited and mobile phones used by UK citizens. In a
> carnivore-on-steroids programme, as all vestiges of communication
> privacy are stripped away, The BBC reports that Home Secretary Jacqui
> Smith says this is a 'necessity.'"

How exactly are they planning to do this? People encrypt mail. So they 
don't just need every ISP, they need all mail providers- and not just 
major mail providers like gmail, etc, they need all private mail servers 
as well. Even *I* have a mail server.


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